Knockdown stove



Dec. 23, 1924. 1,520,565

LA MOTTE K. DEVENDORF KNOCKDOWN STOVE Filed March 25, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet l Dec. 23, 1924. 1,520,565

v LA MOTTE K. DEvENDoRF f KNOCKDOWN STOVE Filed March 25, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 3 i? l. a

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UNITE@ S'la @FFQE LA MTTE K. DEVENDGRF, OALBNY, NEW' YORK, ASSGNOR T0 AFC() UTILTES CO., OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, fi GOGARTNERS-IP GONSESTINCT G1" LA MOTTE K. DEVENDORF, MENZO F. HULETT, AND ILLIAIv G. VAN LOON'.

KNOCKDOWN STOVE.

Application filed March 25, 192527 T all 107mm t may con-Cerfa.'

Be it known that I, LA Morra K. Devlinoonr, a citizen of the United States, resid ing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented new and useful improvement-s in Knockdown Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

Reference may be had to the accompanyiup` drawings, and the reference characters l0 marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

r.the principal object of the invention is to provide a knock-down stove which can be readily put together, and readily taken apart and packed within a minimum space.

Other objects will appear in connection with the following description.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a view in perspective showing a knock-down stove embodying my invention, partly broken away and shown in cross-section.

Tr`ig. 2 is a top plan view of the same with the top removed.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same taken on the broken line 3-3 in Fig. 2, with the top in place.

Referring to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferred form, 1 is the base of the stove which is supported by four legs, 2.

The base, 1, is formed with upwardly projecting side flanges, 3, between which are removably confined the lower ends of the side members, 4, 5, 6 and 7.

Upon the side members is superimposed a top, S, said top having downwardly pr0 jecting side flanges, 9, between which the upper ends of the side members are removably confined.

The side members'are detachably inten locked at their neighboring ends by means of an inwardly-offset edge flange, 10, on one of the side members, as the member, 4, which is seated between an outer flange, 11, and inward projections, 12, in the form of lugs, on the neighboring side member, 7.

This manner of interlocking the side members together at their corners is clearly shown in Fig. 2, and when the members are thus interlocked the enclosure which they form cannot be inwardly collapsed.

It is thus possible to make a very substantial structure by confining the lower Serial No. 546,863..

ends of the side members between the flanges, B, on the base, and their upper ends between the flanges, 9, on the top, 8.

ln assembling the stove, the side members are placed upon the base, 1, within the upwardly projecting flanges, 3, and with the neighboring ends of the side members interlockec. in the manner above described, and the top, 8, is then applied to the upper ends of the side members to enclose the same within the flange, 9.

The stove can readily be taken apart by merely removing the top, 9, and then lifting the side members off from the base, 1.

One of the side members, as the member, 7, is provided with an opening, 25, closed by a door, 26, hinged at 13, to the body of said side member, 7, and provided with damper-openings, 14, closed by a movable damper, 15 in the usual manner.

The door, 26, is formed with a flange, 16, which extends below the opening, 25, closing the space between the door and the neighboring face of the body of the side member, 7.

The side member, 7, is also provided with a draft opening, 17, opposite the lower portion of the door, 26, and with a deflector plate, 18, whereby the draft from the damper-openings, 14, is deflected toward the base, l, of the stove, thus causing the draft to enter the stove enclosure at a point beneath the fuel therein.

Fuel may be inserted from time to time through the opening, 25.

The gaseous products of combustion are permitted to escape through an outlet flue, 19, at the opposite end of the stove from the damper door, 26, and this outlet flue may if desired be controlled by a damper, 20.

The top, 8, has a plate, 21, hinged upon the top at 22 and having a lug or projection, 28, whereby the plate can be swung upward as indicated in Fig. 2, to permit fuel t0 be inserted within the stove.

This plate, 21, is provided with a pot-hole closed by an ordinary stove-lid, 24.

What lf claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A knock-down stove having a base with integral upwardly projecting flanges, a top with integral downwardly projecting flanges, and side members detachably interlooked et their neighboring ends by means of an integral inwardly-dieet ange on one side member seated between en integral outer Harige and separated integral inward projections on the neighboring Side niember, said side members being removably confined at their upper ends between the downwardly projecting ienges of the top, and

et their ioier ends bett-veen the npwerex. projecting Heng-es of the base, tiefineans stated constituting the soie essential means for holding said side, top and bottom ment 'bers .in assembled position.

1n testimony Whereoii, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of March, 1922.

LA MOTTE K. DEVENDGRR 

